Since 2019, Gitega (gih-TAY-guh) has been the political capital of which African country?

A Japanese poem that traditionally evokes images of the natural world, consists of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five. What kind of poem is this?

In ice hockey, how many players are on the ice for one team at full strength, including the goalie?

Atomic #6 on the Periodic Table, what element is depicted by the letter C?

For what animal is a cete (seet) the collective noun?

What two-letter scale measures how acidic or alkaline a substance is?

What policy of racial segregation in South Africa (SOWTH AF-ri-kuh) officially ended in the early 1990s?

Which animated Australian children's show follows a family of Heeler dogs, including a younger sister named Bingo (BING-go)?

In geometry, what is the name for a six-sided polygon?

Saffron and rice are key ingredients in what Spanish dish associated with Valencia (vuh-LEN-see-uh)?

Riddle: What has a spine but no bones?

Today's audio memory question: On Friday morning, Mateo (mah-TAY-oh) arrived at the lakeside library at 9:20 a.m. wearing a denim jacket, black sneakers, and a striped scarf. He carried a red folder, a brass keychain, and a paper bag with a cinnamon muffin inside. At the front desk, he asked to reserve the basement meeting room, and the librarian handed him a laminated map because the elevator was out. Before going downstairs, Mateo (mah-TAY-oh) placed the red folder on the windowsill beside a wooden chess board and slipped the keychain into his coat pocket. Later, he returned with a blue marker, a stack of chairs, and a half-empty coffee. Near closing time, he almost picked up a blue folder by the photocopier before remembering his was beside the chess board. Before going downstairs, where did Mateo place the red folder?